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YAOGAN 30, 41473

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN 30, 41473 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 15 May 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

41473, 2016-029A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Strategic Support Troops (CN)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000?, Unknown motor

Mass

800 kg wet, 800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-05-15 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

5.141 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 YAOGAN 30
1 41473U 16029A   26286.63330801  .00000957  00000-0  14515-3 0  9995
2 41473  97.8876 333.8785 0014954 204.9678 155.0811 14.76265761561145

Epoch: 2026-10-13T15:11Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-13T15:11:57.812Z)

Latitude

0.00008°

Longitude

83.69303°

Altitude

653.677 km

Speed

7.526 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 15m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

19:35:08

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

648.674 km

Perigee altitude

627.689 km

Semi-major axis

7,016.318 km

Eccentricity

0.0015

Inclination

97.8876°

RAAN

333.8785°

Arg. of periapsis

204.9678°

True anomaly

155.15318°

Mean anomaly

155.0811°

Eccentric anomaly

155.11715°

Mean motion

3.693 °/min

Orbital period

97.48 mins

BSTAR

0.00014515

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YAOGAN 30 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
7 mins	2026-10-14 02:43:12.455Z	134.418° SE	2026-10-14 02:46:12.455Z	84.003° E	37.305°	2026-10-14 02:50:12.455Z	6.814° NNE
5 mins	2026-10-14 04:21:12.455Z	233.973° WSW	2026-10-14 04:23:12.455Z	266.152° W	19.088°	2026-10-14 04:26:12.455Z	310.167° NW
7 mins	2026-10-14 16:11:12.455Z	12.493° NNE	2026-10-14 16:14:12.455Z	195.758° SSW	77.819°	2026-10-14 16:18:12.455Z	194.012° SSW

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YAOGAN 30, 41473

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-13T15:11:57.812Z)

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